Author Archive: Genevieve Allen Hearn

The Dome Chronicles: A Wet Spring By Garry Leeson In 1972, a boxcar from Toronto containing a menagerie of farm animals and an eager young couple pulled into the station platform in Kingston, Nova Scotia. They were bound for a deserted hundred-acre farm on the South Mountain, determined to preserve the foundations of farmsteads past while constructing a geodesic dome. They were pioneers of the future, armed with respect for tradition and an irrepressible sense of humour. They didn’t call themselves farmers. They were back-to-the-landers. Farming was industry and their calling was sustainability. Over the next forty years, through flood…
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Ray Ivany and Michelin Canada To Speak At Economic Summit

Ray Ivany and Michelin Canada To Speak At Economic Summit By Lori Cox, VBLI Manager | info@vbli.ca The state of our economy, what we need to improve, and how and w hen we’ll do it are key messages that will be presented during the Valley Business Leaders’ Initiative’s Economic Summit taking place on April 3 at the Old Orchard Inn in Wolfville. This one of a kind event will bring together business owners from across the Annapolis Valley who are passionate about growing the Annapolis Valley economy. The summit will feature guest speaker Ray Ivany, President and Vice-Chancellor of Acadia…
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Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching

Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching By Christopher M. Meuse Christopher M. Meuse is a retired teacher living in Little Brook, Nova Scotia. He is the father of three children, and a certified hockey coach under the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program. The value of developing a strong sense of self-worth or self-esteem in a child cannot be over-emphasized. The application of principled behaviours supported by empathic listening, understanding, and compassion can help parents achieve greater positive results when guiding their children on their journey through life. I recently published the book, Hockey, Kids & Positive Coaching, an inspiring story about…
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Miner’s Marsh: What To Spot This Spring

Miner’s Marsh: What To Spot This Spring By Emily Leeson After a long winter, it’s not just the humans of the Annapolis Valley who are starting to perk up with the first signs of spring. In Kentville’s Miner’s Marsh the wildlife is already planning for the fresh season. There is no better time to get outside, take a stroll, and enjoy one of the best public spaces that this Valley has to offer. While Miner’s Marsh, located at 77 Barclay Street, consists of 1.7km of maintained trails, it is much more than just a hiking route. The wildlife habitat was…
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A Sampling of Local Libations

A Sampling of Local Libations Lazy Bear Brewing – Brewery 120 East Old Post Road, Smiths Cove lazybearbrewing.ca Happenings: Growler nights on Thursdays from 5pm to 8pm year round. Still Fired Distilleries – Distillery 9543 Highway 8, Annapolis Royal stillfireddistilleries.com The Buzz: Artisan craft distillery creating unique, natural spirits from the first “legal” stills built in Nova Scotia. Bad Apple Brewhouse and Mosaic Brewing Co. – Brewery 515 Parker Condon Road, Somerset badapplebrewhouse.ca Cool Fact: Regular contributors to local charities, Kari and Jeff Saunders of Bad Apple Brewhouse recently covered the costs for a lucky family to attend the spring…
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Random Act of Kindness

Random Act of Kindness We live on a pretty special street in Wolfville, Alline Street. Neighbours are quick to introduce themselves and lend a helping hand. This was evidenced recently when we had a medical emergency in our family which required calling an ambulance. We had just experienced a significant snowfall and our driveway wasn’t cleared yet which meant the ambulance had to park on the street. As with every morning after a storm, neighbours rush from their houses to clear their driveways with snow blowers. While the ambulance attendants were inside our house, I looked outside to see our…
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Random Act of Kindness

Random Act of Kindness It is 10 o’clock on Valentines Day and after two days of being snowed in in our small subdivision, I am cheerfully listening to the back-up beep of the hardworking snowplow – including its kind driver, who I think has mastered the highest skill of his/her profession. Instead of just plowing a track down our narrow street called Fairbanks Avenue, leaving us with four feet of heavy snow in front of our laboriously cleaned-out driveways, she/he carefully drives back and forth, shaving down the high snowbanks, and taking extra caution near the driveways. Does he/she imagine…
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Exciting Plans for Evergreen Theatre

Exciting Plans for Evergreen Theatre By David O’Leary Evergreen Theatre in East Margaretsville is excited to announce that our long anticipated addition will become a reality in 2017. After sixteen years of hosting a wide variety of the performing arts from Nova Scotia, the rest of Canada, and beyond in our rather humble surroundings, we are leaping from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. Our converted 1850’s former Baptist Church offers unparalleled acoustics and a warm intimate audience experience, but we are lacking a few conveniences which modern audiences and artists seem to expect, and which are mostly connected to…
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Education Through Travel

Education Through Travel By Claire Keddy Six months, three countries, and two trashed pairs of shoes later, my gap year has come to a close. After years of planning, I decided to volunteer in Peru, Thailand, and Nepal on my year off from school. The projects ranged from living with an indigenous family to reforestation in the Amazon to helping at a orphanage to teaching monks-in-training. In all my planning, I could never have accounted for the spontaneous adventures or the countless connections with people from all over the globe. Taking seat 18A on the final flight home was emotional,…
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Who’s Who: Stephane Levac, Hey Good Lookin’, Whatcha Got Cookin’?